As Kaplan notes, the San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker can avoid actually going to jail by taking part in a work program instead. The prosecutor in the case said that the 24-year-old was partying with Norteño street gang members when the weapons were seized, per Damian Trujillo of NBC Bay Area.

The 24-year-old offered the following remarks during his sentencing, via Trujillo.

Smith still is likely to face a suspension from the NFL. When asked about that matter by Damon Bruce on 95.7 The Game, 49ers CEO Jed York said the league had provided no “timetable” for when a potential ban would be announced. Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News tweets that “he wouldn’t be surprised” if the announcement comes “fairly soon.”